Download PowerShell 7.4.2

Microsoft has released version 7.4.2 of PowerShell. PowerShell is an object-oriented shell and scripting language for task automation, consisting of a command-line shell, a scripting language, and a configuration management framework. The software has been around since 2006 and has been a standard part of Windows since version 2.0. Since the end of 2016 it has been open source and also available for Linux and macOS. PowerShell 7.4 is built with .NET version 8.0. Below you can find the changelog for this release.

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Revert “Adjust PUT method behavior to POST one for default content type in WebCmdlets” (#21049)
• Fix regression with Get-Content when -Tail 0 and -Wait are both used (#20734)
• Fix Get-Error serialization of array values ​​(#21085)
• Fix a regression in Format-Table when header label is empty (#21156)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Revert the PR #17856 (Do not preserve temporary results when no need to do so) (#21368)
• Make sure the assembly/library resolvers are registered at early stage (#21361)
• Handle the case that Runspace.DefaultRunspace is null when logging for WDAC Audit (#21344)
• Fix PowerShell class to support deriving from an abstract class with abstract properties (#21331)
• Fix the regression when doing type inference for $_ (#21223)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Bump to .NET 8.0.4
  • Revert analyzer package back to stable
  • Update SDK, deps and cgmanifest for 7.4.2
  • Revert changes to packaging.psm1
  • Update PSResourceGet version from 1.0.2 to 1.0.4.1 (#21439)
  • Verify environment variable for OneBranch before we try to copy (#21441)
  • Remove surrogateFile setting of APIScan (#21238)
  • Add dotenv install as latest version does not work with current Ruby version (#21239)
  • Multiple fixes in official build pipeline (#21408)
  • Add back 2 transitive dependency packages (#21415)
  • Update PSReadLine to v2.3.5 for the next v7.4.x servicing release (#21414)
  • PowerShell coordinated build OneBranch pipeline (#21364)